Descriptive List 



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m. SONG-PERIOD OF BIRDS AT RALEIGH 



RECORDED BY 0. S. BRIMLEY. 



The song-periods assigned to tlie different species named below are based on data collected at 

 Raleigh for one year only, viz.: June, 1908, to June, 1909, and therefore can only be considered 

 approximations. It must also be remembered that spring is the main song-period of most North 

 Carolina birds, and that when a species is here mentioned as singing at other periods the songs 

 are usually then of less than ordinary duration and volume. 



Name of Bird. 



Period of Stay. 



Song-period. 



Bewick's Wren Oct.-Mar. 



Blue Grosbeak May-Sept. 



Cardinal Whole year 



Carolina Wren Whole year 



Catbird April-Oct. 



Chipping Sparrow Mar.-Nov. 



Field Sparrow Whole year 



Fox Sparrow Nov.-Mar. 



Hermit Thrush 1 Oct.-April 



Hooded Warbler I April-Sept. 



Indigo Bunting j April-Oct. 



Kentucky Warbler April-Sept. 



Mcadowtark Oct.-April 



Maryland Yellow-tliroat Mar.-Oct. 



Mockingbird Whole year 



Orchard Oriole April-Aug. 



Pine ^\'arl5ler j Whole year 



Prairie \\'arl5ler ' April-Sept. 



Parula Warbler I April-Oct. 



Red-eyed Vireo 1 April-Oct. 



Redstart ; April-Oct. 



Robin Whole year 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet Oct.-April 



Song Sparrow I Oct.-April 



Summer Tanager I April-Sept. 



White-throated Sparrow ' Oct .-May 



White-eyed Vireo Mar.-Oct. 



Wood Tlirush April-Oct. 



Yellow Warbler ' April-July 



Yellow-breasted Chat April-Sept. 



Yellow-throated Warbler, 

 Yellow-throated Vireo _ 



Mar.-Sept. 

 April-Sept. 



Late Jan.-late Feb. 



May-July. (1) 



Mar.-July.(2) 



Whole year. 



April-July. (3) 



Mar.-Aug. 



Feb .-Aug. 



Nov.-Jan. 



Heard once in November. 



April-July. 



April-July. (4) 



April-June. 



Feb.-April. 



Mar.-July. 



Mar.-July and Sept.-Nov. 



April-June. 



Jan.-May and Sept. (5) 



April-June. 



April-July. 



April-Julj'. 



April-July. 



Mar.-Julv.(6) 



Mar.-April.(7) 



Oct.-April. 



April-June. (8) 



Oct.-May. 



Mar.-Oct. 



April-July. 



April-July. (9) 



April-July. 



Mar.-June. 



April-Sept. 



(1) Also once in August. 



(2) Also heard twice in November and twice in Januarj'. 



(3) Also once in August. 



(4) Also once in August. 



(5) Occasionally heard almost any time in the year. 



(6) Occasionally in August. 



(7) Also once in November. 



(8) Once heard in each of the three months, July, August, and September. 



(9) Occasional specimen is seen later than July. 



The song-period given for the winter birds is marked by the sporadic singing of occasional 

 birds throughout the period named, rather than by the species being in full song at any time. 



